Oil exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has been in the news recently. The Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition collected over 1200 signatures and presented a petition to the PEI legislature on April 30th. See their website for more … Continue reading
What energy sources are you happy to see developed on PEI? Should we allow fracking and oil drilling off PEI, or expand wind and solar? What are the real hidden costs? What does the future hold? You are invited to … Continue reading
The Green Party of PEI has issued a statement about fracking. “The Green Party of Prince Edward Island is strongly opposed to hydraulic fracturing – more commonly called fracking – and will do everything possible within its power, whether in … Continue reading
On Friday March 22nd, the City Cinema is showing “Promised Land”, a story about fracking. Don’t Frack PEI will be there, and we’ll be heading to the pub for a discussion after the movie, all are invited. City Cinema is … Continue reading
A gas leak at the PotashCorp mine in Penobsquis in February combined with confirmation that no air quality monitoring is being done in the rural community throws into question whether the New Brunswick government can regulate the shale gas industry. … Continue reading
“The Rules” for the “responsible environmental development of oil and gas activity in New Brunswick” were recently released by the Ministers of Energy and Mines and Environment and Local Government. CCNB Action maintains the position that shale gas development is environmentally … Continue reading
Friends of Covehead and Brackley Bay, and Winter River-Tracadie Bay Watershed Association, invite you to: FRACKING: CAN OUR WATERSHEDS AFFORD IT? Don’t Frack PEI will be leading the discussion, and there will be a showing of the movie Gasland. North … Continue reading
New rules have been released governing fracking in New Brunswick. There are many gaps in these rules and, as they are not legislated, there is concern about how the rules will be enforced. The CBC covers the story here, and the initial responses … Continue reading
We had a great meeting on January 22nd with a very good turn-out for the coldest night of the year so far. It was great to see in attendance representatives from the fishing and agricultural communities as well as watershed … Continue reading
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release January 25, 2013 The Council of Canadians recently obtained a copy of Environment Canada’s work plan on shale gas development under an access to information request. The heavily redacted documents, “Activities Related to Shale Gas … Continue reading
Please bear with us while we get this new website up and running. In the mean time, do visit the public facebook site which is not related to our organization. … Continue reading